Power outage news worldwide, before 2021 (Page 26)

Go to the main page Power outage news from around the world (before 2021) to see power blackouts around the world before 2021.

For power failure news after 2021 visit one of the following pages:
Power Cut News in the UK
Power Outage News in the US
Power Outage News in Canada
Power Outage News in Australia and New Zealand
Power outage news from around the world

For prompt power outage notifications to your phone see a power failure alarm.

iSocket

5.0 (based on 11 reviews)

iSocket for power outages monitoring in the United States and Canada

 This is a great product. It has saved us lots of headaches during natural disasters such as the most recent hurricanes in Louisiana. We have this in over four states and 30 offices that we support. The product works great and as advertised. We know when the power goes out, and therefore we can take remediating action much faster than waiting on the next time staff is in office. We look forward to engaging more of our management team in receiving these alerts and streamline communication about outages in our organization.

 This is a great product. It has saved us lots of headaches during natural disasters such as the most recent hurricanes in Louisiana. We have this in over four states and 30 offices that we support. The [...]

5.0 By from United States

A small cost for the peace of mind and comfort that iSocket gives you.

Remember, the cost of the damage from a power outage can be considerably more than the cost of a solution that will send you power outage notifications. And remember, power failure alerting is not the only feature iSocket offers you.
$199
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Hydro o u t a g e in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada caused by a motor vehicle incident. About 1,000 without power.

Large power outage in Tumbler Ridge - Energeticcity.ca

UPDATE – As of 8:30 a.m. Power has been restored TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. – Just under 1,000 customers are without power in Tumbler Ridge. B.C. Hydro says a motor vehicle incident caused the outage…
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Power outage in Brick, New Jersey caused by equipment failure. 8,000 without power.

Equipment Failure Leads to Power Outages in Brick

The Brick Township Police Department have advised that there is an equipment failure at JCP&L’s Herbetsville Substation and that there is currently a power outage in the north end of town.
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Heavy thunderstorms caused multiple power outages in Central Wisconsin. About 4,000 homes and businesses lost electricity in Wausau. 1,200 outages was registered in in Rothschild and Schofield. The outage affected about 13,000 according to utility.

Power outages from early morning storms

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - A line of heavy thunderstorms rolled through Central Wisconsin and the Northwoods early Monday morning. Wisconsin Public Service says about 13,000 of their customers are without…
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Read full report "Why it took so long to fix Syracuse power outage". The outage started when a short-circuit caused a small fire that burned out cables in a National Grid substation on Temple Street, knocking out the entire facility.

Why it took so long to fix Syracuse power outage

It took National Grid six hours to reroute power around a downed substation.
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Hydro outage in Milton, Ontario Canada.

Power outage affects hundreds of Milton Hydro customers

MILTON – A number of Milton Hydro customers are without electricity Friday afternoon.
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Power outage for Korolevu-Rakiraki communities on Fiji. Engineers attend to an urgent upgrading exercise of the 132kV Vuda substation and the 132kV Vuda to Nadarivatu transmission line.

Power outage for Korolevu-Rakiraki communities - Fiji Times Online

"This power outage will mean that FEA will not be able to supply electricity from the Wailoa hydro power station and Nadarivatu hydro power station to the western region of Viti Levu," Mr Patel said.
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Power outage in Columbus, Georgia. The cause of the outage is unknown.

Power outage affects Midtown Columbus traffic

Georgia Power confirms service has been restored for customers in Midtown Columbus after an outage affecting more than 800 homes.
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47 photos how Michiganians deal with damage caused by high winds. Almost 1 million lost power in Michigan one week ago. The windstorm was called “the largest combined statewide” power outage event in Michigan history.

730K remain without power after Michigan wind storm

More than 730,000 Michiganians out of the 1 million who lost power Wednesday remained without electricity Thursday afternoon, but DTE Energy and Consumers energy said power should be restored to most of their customers by the end of Sunday.
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blackout to 1.5 million people in Panama was caused by a series of transformer explosions at a generation and distribution station.

Blackout in Panama City puts about 1.5 million people in the dark

The failure knocked out metro service in Panama City. The Panama Canal has its own power-generation capacity, so its operations were not affected.
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Last week's storm in Michigan ranks in the top 15 for largest disturbances in Consumers history. About 20% of consumers customers lost power, as the storm broke 1,300 power poles and 9,000 electric lines. Workers from Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana came to help restoration efforts. Learn what greate job they did!

Power restoration complete for Consumers Energy, ranks among largest outages

The March 7 and 8 windstorm affected 360,000 Consumers customers and more than 1.1 million homes across the state. Those who went five or more days without power may be eligible for a credit.